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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Exchange rate Tk:US$ (av) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 68.94 | 68.91 | 68.98 | 69.02 | 69.03 | 69.05 | 69.06 | 69.06 | 69.06 | 69.10 | 69.10 | 69.16 |
| 2010 | 69.20 | 69.29 | 69.25 | 69.26 | 69.30 | 69.36 | 69.43 | 69.48 | 69.70 | 70.49 | 70.40 | 70.63 |
| 2011 | 71.04 | 71.18 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Exchange rate Tk:US$ (end-period) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 68.90 | 68.90 | 69.03 | 69.03 | 69.03 | 69.06 | 69.06 | 69.06 | 69.06 | 69.15 | 69.04 | 69.27 |
| 2010 | 69.20 | 69.23 | 69.24 | 69.29 | 69.36 | 69.50 | 69.41 | 69.58 | 70.25 | 70.79 | 70.36 | 70.75 |
| 2011 | 71.15 | 71.30 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Deposit rate (av; %) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| 2010 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.9 |
| 2011 | 9.6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Lending rate (av; %) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| 2010 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| 2011 | 13.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Money supply M1 (% change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 16.7 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 11.0 | 9.3 | 11.2 | 7.6 | 12.9 | 23.3 | 16.5 |
| 2010 | 18.7 | 23.4 | 26.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2011 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Money supply M2 (% change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 19.8 | 19.3 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 18.8 | 19.2 | 18.6 | 19.1 | 16.9 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 20.7 |
| 2010 | 20.5 | 21.9 | 21.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2011 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Consumer prices (av; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 8.5 |
| 2010 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 8.3 |
| 2011 | 9.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Dhaka Stock Exchange General Index (end-period; Nov 24th 2001=818) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2,649.5 | 2,571.0 | 2,446.9 | 2,554.4 | 2,572.2 | 3,010.3 | 2,914.5 | 2,941.3 | 3,083.9 | 3,364.3 | 4,381.0 | 4,535.5 |
| 2010 | 5,367.1 | 5,560.6 | 5,582.3 | 5,654.9 | 6,107.8 | 6,153.7 | 6,342.8 | 6,658.0 | 7,097.0 | 7,957.1 | 8,602.4 | 8,290.4 |
| 2011 | 7,484.2 | 5,203.1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Total exports fob (Tk bn) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 73.9 | 68.7 | 75.5 | 70.3 | 67.5 | 75.0 | 76.1 | 77.1 | 64.0 | 73.9 | 64.3 | 72.7 |
| 2010 | 68.3 | 64.7 | 86.6 | 73.6 | 74.3 | 81.8 | 78.7 | 90.3 | 84.4 | 91.8 | 88.6 | 106.5 |
| 2011 | 108.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Total imports cif (Tk bn) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 135.9 | 104.6 | 126.2 | 113.7 | 111.8 | 100.6 | 113.1 | 103.5 | 119.5 | 133.3 | 119.5 | 142.7 |
| 2010 | 119.8 | 117.0 | 153.9 | 142.4 | 136.4 | 143.5 | 140.1 | 159.6 | 159.0 | 168.4 | 179.2 | 198.0 |
| 2011 | 202.1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Trade balance fob-cif (Tk bn) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | -62.0 | -35.9 | -50.6 | -43.4 | -44.4 | -25.6 | -37.0 | -26.4 | -55.5 | -59.4 | -55.2 | -70.0 |
| 2010 | -51.5 | -52.3 | -67.3 | -68.8 | -62.1 | -61.8 | -61.5 | -69.2 | -74.6 | -76.6 | -90.7 | -91.6 |
| 2011 | -94.1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 5,477 | 5,765 | 5,850 | 6,408 | 6,454 | 7,365 | 7,636 | 9,050 | 9,254 | 9,430 | 10,205 | 10,219 |
| 2010 | 9,976 | 10,430 | 10,017 | 10,473 | 10,010 | 10,610 | 10,620 | 10,854 | 10,268 | 10,576 | 10,109 | 10,564 |
| 2011 | 9,808 | 10,551 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Haver Analytics. | ||||||||||||
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